Talk:Sleezure

Hoax?
As far as I can tell, this article seems to be a hoax. I cannot find any evidence on the Internet that the term exists. What the article describes might be termed a complex partial seizure, but that is a process that's unrelated to sleepwalking. Does anyone have any sources? Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 00:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

The following sources were presented:
 * Journal of Neurology: May 2007, pages 12-13 "Sleepwalking While Awake"
 * American Guide to First Aid, 2008 edition: First Aid for seizures

Based on my research, these sources do not actually exist. There is no article anywhere in the Journal of Neurology with that title, and the page numbers do not exist in the May 2007 issue of the journal. There is no such book as American Guide to First Aid; see this search for example. Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 14:09, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


 * This concept is real, though uncommon. The term "sleezure" though is slang. I have this form of epilepsy myself. I have not found a scientific name for this concept anywhere. I may have listed the wrong issue for the Journal of Neurology. The American Guide to First Aid is a free distribution I have found in some places that describes how to deal with sleepwalking behavior, sleezures included. I have read more about this concept in other places, and I am planning to list them here. Pink cloudy sky (talk) 15:31, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Nothing relevant for "sleezure" in Google or Scholar . For "sleizure", nothing in Google.  Scholar finds two hits: the second is certainly a misprint for "seizure," and the first might well be, as it does not seem to define the term. Per WP:NEO, better references than this would be required for an article. JohnCD (talk) 15:37, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The term "sleezure" that you are looking up is slang. I only found it in one dictionary of medical slang terms. What we really need to know is the scientific term. I don't know it. The doctor who treats me has only referred to my disorder as "epilepsy" and the seizures as "sleezures." But in reality, there are hundreds of types of seizures, and sleezures are one of them. I have found little published information on my condition. Once I can find a scientific name, I plan to rename this article to that. Pink cloudy sky (talk) 15:49, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia's policy of Verifiability means that you will have to find, and be able to cite, published information about the condition if it is to have an article. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:32, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I do have published information from reliable sources about this condition, several more than I listed here so far, But without a scientific name. A couple of these sources do list the slang term I used for the title. I do agree that the scientific name, if one exists, is preferable as the title.Pink cloudy sky (talk) 21:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Reliable sources discuss the condition using the slang term but do not say what the actual name of the condition is?? That seems odd. What are the sources, please? Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 22:46, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Merged page: What the creator described here is officially known as "automatism." I have never heard this slang term before, but I am familiar with different forms of epilepsy, and this condition is real. Today, I merged it appropriately. Tatterfly (talk) 05:13, 28 January 2009 (UTC)